. >> deborah simmons talked about this czar idea. she said, we already have a czar. his name is president obama." she goes on. what's been his performance in all of this? >> i think the president is listening to his advisors. to respond to that, the czar issue did not original nature with president obama. to ronaldd czars back reagan. i do know the president ought to be able to have somebody, but someone appointed, not confirmed by the senate. overseeing physicians who are concerned. i think those folks need to do their job rather than having someone created above them. >> gene green a member of the senate smers and commerce subcommittee. that hearing getting underway we expect in under 10 minutes. we will try to take a couple calls. the numbers are up, if you are a republican. 202-585-3885. democrats, 202-585-3886. or all others, 202-585-3887. we continue to look for your . mments as well at facebook if we don't get to them before the hearing, we will certainly get to them after the hearing. we look for your calls and comments. this hearing is expected to run until

host: deborah simmons from "the washington times" talks about this.he says -- sports --een hibbett his performance in all of this? isst: the president listening to his advisers, but this issue did not originate with president obama. to ronaldd czars back reagan. i know the president need some help. the to have somebody, but somebody who is appointed, not confirmed by the senate, overseeing appointed officials who are confirmed. those folks need to do their job instead of have somebody created above them. host: gene green will be at the hearing to talk about ebola with tom frieden. you can see that live at noon. you can ask questions about it now. here are the lines. erica from maryland is up first. you are on, go ahead. caller: good morning. why the u.s.g public health service have not been called in on this. elite cadre called ready responders who are equipped to handle everything that comes down the pipe related to health care and emergency preparedness. has there been conversations about tasking them with front for ebola patients in america, and ev